The KBS romantic melodrama The Thorn Birds revolves around two
women who share the same pain and struggles of growing up without a
mother, but take very different paths to achieve their dreams. Han Hye
Jin plays a strong, young woman who stays true to herself through the
toughest times, and even takes in her friend's child and mother. Kim Min
Jung is an aspiring director who is willing sacrifice her family in her
climb to the top. Joo Sang Wook and Seo Do Young co-star as the men in
their lives.

The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung Eun's (Han Hye Jin)
character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A
thorn bird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day
it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest
thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever
heard.